MargotRobbie

MargotRobbie, miesiąc temu

… Are they ripping off the “Suicide Squad” trailer?

That’s not exactly a promising sign for the game.

(Also, identity theft is not a joke, Bioware!)

MargotRobbie, miesiąc temu

I hope Bioware go back to their roots and take more inspiration from DA:O and BG3 instead of DA:I and go back to more tactical and less action-y gameplay. The overwhelming success of Baldur’s Gate 3 proves there is a market for traditional CRPG, especially coming from the the studio that made the first two Baldur’s Gate.

Also, less Ubisoft/Skyrim-esquelarge empty open world and more carefully crafted maps with emphasis on choices. DA:I wasn’t a bad game, but if Bioware releases another DA:I in 2024 it will definitely be compared unfavorably to Bg3.

MargotRobbie, 4 miesiące temu

Celebrity endorsement has never been a factor in how well a videogame does either way, regardless of level of star power or degree of involvement for the celebrity: Keanu Reeves playing a heavy hand (heh) in the story of Cyberpunk 2077 did little to stop the game’s initial bad press, and the main reason Baldur’s Gate 3 did well isn’t because JK Simmons is playing Kethric Thorm. (still, he had a great performance). Gameplay matters a lot more for a videogame.

It’s unsurprising then, that Oscar winning actor Will Smith’s involvement in a game in the oversaturated genre of zombie survival shooters did not become successful.

Plus, I don’t think paying celebrities to promote videos on their YouTube channel is an effective marketing strategy, mainly because nobody really watches any celebrities’ own YouTube channel, with the exception of Jack Black’s gaming channel, of course.

MargotRobbie, 4 miesiące temu

Yes, he did. But neither the main praise nor criticism of the game was not directed towards him but on the overall buginess and removal of RPG elements from the game.

MargotRobbie, 4 miesiące temu

They advertisd heavily on “complex branching storyline” and “every decision will have consequences” so the expectation was at the minimum a bigger Deus Ex Human Revolution, but then what they actually delivered is a worse GTA 5 with neon lights.

MargotRobbie, 4 miesiące temu

No one will hold it against him personally, it’s not uncommon.

There are certain actors who performs great in every single movie they appear in, yet still have many of these movies flop. Many times, it’s out of the actor’s control.

All we can do is our best.

MargotRobbie, 5 miesięcy temu

Look at the silver lining, at least someone won’t be in the worst reviewed Suicide Squad related media anymore.

A small win is still a win.

MargotRobbie, 6 miesięcy temu

Not even going to joke about this, but I am really hoping nobody there gets the bright idea to make a Barbie blockchain or NFT or anything like that.

Speaking of “Ready Player One”, the author Ernest Cline also wrote literally the absolute worst, grossest, most misogynistic poem I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading in my life. Now you’ll have to read it too to make sure the “Reqdyverse” never succeed and thus, zero possibility of Barbie blockchain.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5acb501a-d3d9-43e1-9ee6-927297f2e453.jpeg

MargotRobbie, 7 miesięcy temu

After a decade and an astronomical amount of money spent, this thing is still in pre-alpha. People have left school, got married, have kids, played and forgotten No Man’s Sky, Elite Dangerous, and now Starfield, and there is still no Star Citizen.

It’s time to accept that Star Citizen will NEVER be released, because what Chris Roberts is selling is “dream as a service” which can be anything you want it to be, and one that never has to end for as long as the “game” is still in development.

The moment an actual product is released is the moment the flow of money will stop.

MargotRobbie, 7 miesięcy temu

Pre-alpha build. After more than a decade.

If Star Citizen is a person it would be starting junior high/middle school now.

MargotRobbie, 8 miesięcy temu

Independent wikis for those media franchises that have them.

MargotRobbie, 8 miesięcy temu

Or use a wiki host that’s not affiliated with Fandom.

But they did buy out Gamepedia too…

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

A good wiki needs to have mosly text, a modest amount of pictures, no self-hosted video, and low computing needs.

Huh. That sounds kind of like Lemmy, wonder if someone will try to modify the software to support a wiki.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

Suppose there is a federated ActivityPub based Wiki network, how would that work? Fandom is so terrible for looking up actual info with irritating video ads, especially since after they brought out their competition from Curse.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

You guys should check out Stride if you are looking for another C# based engine. It’s open source, but pretty rough around the edges right now.

Or, go for Godot for something more mature.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

I’d imagine Unity user would most likely be looking for a C# based engine instead of a C++ or Python based one, and O3DE doesn’t support C#.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

Look up “potentiometers” if you want to understand the workings behind a thumbstick as well as why drift happens.

So, drift happens because the graphite resistance element inside the potentiometers wears out over time due to friction, but these potentiometers are absurdly cheap compared to the alternatives and one company, ALPS of Japan, has dominated this market (not just for the Switch but for everybody) for 20 years that they pretty much out-prices everybody else. So, now you know why companies still use these thumbsticks despite the fact that drift always develop eventually.

Hall Effect sensors are definitely better, but also tend to be heavier and bulkier, so we’ll see if this works out.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s a tradeoff of price/size for reliability, essentially. “Better” is subjective in this case.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

I’ve seen them, they are an order of magnitude more expensive than the potentiometer based ones. Good for enthusiast hobbyist upgrades, but I doubt Nintendo is going to go for that considering the pricetag of the Hall Effect sticks.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

WHERE IS MY CLIMBABLE LADDER, TODD?

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

Oh.

Well, I got what I wanted, carry on.

MargotRobbie, 10 miesięcy temu

Still no Oscar… 😞